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It’s a brand new year, and we’re excited to introduce a brand New Series: 5 Words to Learn this Month, where each month we find five beautiful words from any language, that you may or may not have heard before and present them with their sometimes poignant, sometimes insightful or even melancholic, sometimes even newly created (as in this first intalment), but always beautiful meanings. This month, the words are Venmödalen, Sonder, Liberosis, Nodus Tollens, Kenopsia and Opia. Click through to view …
JANUARY IS OFTEN thought to be a bleak month, despite its positioning as the first in a brand new year. In fact, the first working Monday in January is referred to as ‘Divorce Monday’ in Britain, for the influx of divorce inquiries lawyers receive on that day. Bills from the holiday season, new year’s resolutions, time to reflect — all play a part. I even read about one woman who called her lawyer on Christmas day after finding a receipt from her husband for a diamond Rolex that never turned up under the tree. It was apparently meant for his mistress. In the event that you and your love made it through Divorce Monday, there’s more to overcome, for the third Monday of the new year is ‘Blue Monday’, for its reputation of being the most depressing day of the year. And this year, that day is today. Of course, here in sunny Spain, the only thing blue are those famous Mediterranean skies…
THERE IS A SPANISH BOOKSTORE that we love to visit that has all the best magazines. It was here, the other day, that had come across the latest issue of Elle Decoration España with the new home of couturier Jorge Vázquez on the cover. Of course, as an unabashed maximalist, it was love at first site. The Spanish fashion designer worked with his friend and decorator, Amaro Sánchez de Moya, who also designed Vázquez's store in La Coruña.
Time again for our fascinating new series, 5 Words to Learn this Month, and for the month of February,...
TIME AGAIN for another instalment of 10 Things We Love this Week, and this week, we're looking at beautiful paintings, garden picnics and abandoned theme parks in Japan; tassel earrings and wool sweaters, Macramé bag DIYs and much more...
WE WROTE ABOUT Mathias Kiss' mirrored sculptures and other work (here) in 2014, but as the new year is often a time for reflection, we thought we might take this point literally and feature a few of our favourite artistic works rendered in mirror.
IF THERE EVER were a place made of Instagram dreams, this is the place. While We Were Young Kitchen & Cocktails on West 10th Street, NYC's pink tufted velvet banquettes and marble tables and countertops, not to mention their menu of 'Healthy Contemporary American Cuisine' is like a siren song for tourists and locals alike. Mains include dishes such as Avocado Toast ($18), Wild Salmon ($28), Chicken & Waffles ($25), Main Lobster ($31), and adventurous cocktails such as The Morning After (Jasmine-Infused Bourbon, Aperol, Cinnamon, Lemon), and Too Good For You (Tequila, Kale, Lime, Agave, Cucumber) are on offer. Set off against the pink velvet is a dusky blue bar with blue and gold stools for sitting at the counter. Quotes by Walt Witman adorn the walls. Scroll through for a glimpse...